‘Ghost in the Shell’ Ran Tests to Make White Actors Look Asian
‘Ghost in the Shell’ Ran Tests to Make White Actors Look Asian
i CANNOT BELIEVE
They’re thinking about doing CGI yellowface now
After the backlash surrounding Johansson’s role in the film, producers reportedly attempted to quell the controversy with an old standby Hollywood uses to fix a lot of problems: CGI.
According to multiple independent sources close to the project, Paramount and DreamWorks commissioned visual effects tests that would’ve altered Scarlett Johansson in post-production to “shift her ethnicity” and make the Caucasian actress appear more Asian in the film.
“a lot of people are upset that we chose a white actress to play a Japanese woman in a Japanese franchise that takes place in Japan.
perhaps digitally altering her appearance to look like a Japanese woman post-production would make more sense than hiring an actual Japanese actress?
this could not possibly go wrong.”